In brief [Archives:2007/1055/Local News]
LAHJ
Pensioners protest Defense Minister's charges
May 30 ) Pensioners in Lahj governorate who served in the army denounced statements by Defense Minister accusing them of secession and apostasy. Staging a protest, the pensioners expressed their strong denunciation of these statements, which they described as irresponsible and illegal. They were urged to hold a protest by the Military and Civil Pensioners Society, located in Radfan in order to unanimously reject any negotiations or dialogues with the Defense Ministry-formed committees. The protestors insisted on the concerned authorities to solve the problems associated with forcible retirement that have been persisting since 1994.
ABYAN
Boat captain referred to prosecution over seven deaths
May 29 ) Security authorities in the governorate referred a fishing boat captain to Public Prosecution when its boat capsized, causing drown of seven girls, aged between 13 and 17 years, who were on board, last Saturday. Four of the victims are sisters. Security sources attributed the boat's turnover to the heavy load and indifference of its captain. The boat was carrying the victims, plus another 5 survivors from Al-Beidha governorate, in a sea hiking. This accident forced security authorities to warn people against using small boats for hiking.
ADEN
Power institutions enraged over anonymous brochures
May 29 ) Brochures of unidentified sources lashed out at the Aden Electricity Corporation and Al-Haswa Power Station's administration and accused them of exercising corruption. This enraged both institutions. Al-Sahwa.net reported that tens of workers at the station distributed the brochures in and outside their worksite, and this led the station's management to investigate some workers in order to identify the brochures' sources. The brochures accused the Electricity Corporation of establishing an illumination project for its fence at a cost of YR 50 million.
AL-MAHRAH
JMP condemns
authorities' conduct
May 29 ) Leadership of Joint Meeting Parties in the governorate condemned a local authority's attempt to refer Al-Noor Newspaper, which is run by the Islah Party's Media and Culture Department, to Public Prosecution and shut it down. The JMP released a statement saying that such an attempt aims to close the newspaper. “This conduct is a sign of the authorities' failure to run affairs of the government in a better way,” the statement said. “The governorate suffers poor security, spread of drugs, and land grab.”
SANA'A
Yemen promotes tourism abroad
May 29 ) In cooperation with Yemeni embassies and Yemenia Airways' offices abroad, the Ministry of Tourism has launched a tourist promotion program in capital cities of several world countries, Yemen News Agency, Saba, reported. In a statement to 26 Sep.net, Minister of Tourism Nabil Al-Faqih declared that his ministry is due to provide Yemeni embassies and Yemenia Airways' offices with brochures and publications promoting Yemen's tourism. He ascertained that numerous booklets were translated into foreign languages to help attract foreign visitors to Yemen.
DHAMAR
Local council insists
on firing officials
May 29 ) In a Tuesday's meeting, the local Council of Dhamar governorate demanded that confidence should be withdrawn from four general managers of executive offices for failing to perform their duties and neglecting issues that are part of their job, Al-Motamar.net quoted local sources as saying. More than 60 percent of the Dhamar local council members insisted on the governor to fire the general managers of health, public works, roads, electricity, and tax offices. The sources indicated that the local council representatives began a campaign this year to monitor and evaluate performance of executive offices.
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